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January 24, 2017
Los Angeles Car Shipping Sees Roadblocks Thanks to Leo
A state of emergency was declared in California due to the devastating effects of Winter Storm Leo this morning. As of this writing, floodwaters are ravaging many areas of the state, including Los Angeles. Four people have been declared dead and three others are missing. The state of emergency was d...
January 19, 2017
How Technology is Shaping the Auto Shipping Industry
I've been in the auto transport industry for about a decade now. In that time I've worked in brokerages and I've talked to and interviewed carriers firsthand. I've seen the back end, the front end, the side entrances and the trap doors of shipping a car. But something that I've seen firsthand and re...
January 17, 2017
Car Shipping from Los Angeles to Portland
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edxPbXWsYJc[/embed] As you likely know, Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California. Portland is the largest city in the state of Oregon. Together, they are two of the largest cities on the west coast, and both are incredibly popular auto transp...
January 9, 2017
Flooding Grounds California Car Transportation Services
The drought in California may not be over yet, but recent snow and rain has caused a deluge in certain areas of the state, threatening people, homes, and California car transportation services. Flooding of the Russian River has left people in Napa and Sonoma counties struggling to keep themselves ab...
January 4, 2017
Dearth of Drivers May Increase Car Transport Prices
There's a real problem with a lack of truck drivers in the United States , apparently. Right now, about 70% of all goods shipped across the U.S. are shipped via overland trucks. Part of that number includes vehicles shipped on auto transport trucks. And right now, in 2016, there's a driver deficit o...
January 2, 2017
Southern Car Shipping Difficult Thanks to New Years' Tornadoes
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Min-yfSXCY[/embed] The southern United States, in particular the Gulf Coast states, may experience some tornadoes . These tornadoes will likely make southern car shipping services more difficult to find and book. The southern U.S. right now is a hotbed of car...
December 30, 2016
Car Transport from San Diego to Seattle
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpcuYpgZyrY[/embed] San Diego is one of the largest cities in California. Seattle is easily the largest city in Washington State. And car transport from San Diego to Seattle is about as popular as you might think. Maybe even more popular than you think, if you...
December 29, 2016
The Day to Day Worries of a Car Transport Driver
When you ship a car, chances are you don't really think about the day to day worries of your car transport driver. And that's okay, sort of. It's a part of being a consumer or a customer - you just expect that they're going to do their job. Some of us may have more empathy for them than others, but ...
December 20, 2016
Auto Transport from Manchester to Tampa
Manchester is the largest city in New Hampshire. Tampa is the third-largest city in Florida. One of them is far more popular of a vehicle shipping destination than the other (we'll give you a hint: it's Tampa). But auto transport from Manchester to Tampa is fairly easy to find at certain times of th...
December 16, 2016
Bay Area Auto Shipping May See Price Hikes
San Francisco Bay Area transportation officials are keeping their eyes on a new regional ballot measure designed to increase tolls to pay for infrastructure improvements. The ballot measure could raise tolls on the Bay Bridge and other state-run bridges. It will be put to the voters in 2018. As it s...
December 15, 2016
Kansas Car Shipping May Get Harder Thanks to Funding Gap
The State of Kansas is going to have to halt another ten infrastructure projects indefinitely, it seems . Kansas has been struggling through financial hardships over the past few years, and it's taken its toll on the state. Now, the Department of Transportation has to slash ten projects. The total s...
December 9, 2016
Daimer Trucks Recalls New Freightliner, Highlights Dangers of Car Shipping Trucks
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is recalling 863 Freightliner trucks that use certain types of Goodyear Tires. The affected trucks include model year 2017 Freightliner Cascadia, Business Class M2, and 122SD trucks manufactured in 2016 from Jan. 24 to Oct. 10, and equipped with Goodyear G399A LHS...